Feeling Thankful and Blessed on the Island Abundant and thankful greetings from the island this nice Fall morning.  I hope that everyone is doing well, and not waiting until the last minute to stock up on your Thanksgiving meal-preparing necessities. As I sit outside on the porch enjoying the sunrise and drinking coffee, and steadily […]

It has been said that “Thanksgiving is all about getting our entire dysfunctional family under the same roof and hoping the police don’t get called!” According to my internet connection, cranberry sauce is the most hated item on the Thanksgiving table. The second most hated dish is the turkey – can you believe it! The […]

If you’ve kept up with this column, you’d know personally I’ve been thrust into some pretty challenging circumstances. Now, I’d like to tell you that this situation has changed. I’d like to tell you I found a steady income, a more permanent situation, and it became happily ever after… Anyone who knows the reality of […]

Nice Beach Combing Island Weather Greetings from the island everyone on this nice early Fall morning! As I sit here at my little kitchen table, drinking my first cup of hot black Maxwell House coffee, (having just fed Corky, Jetty, and the chickens/ducks/guineas), I look outside at the darkness and can feel the salty barrier […]

It’s October and it’s scary season and this time I’m more scared than ever as my life is as unstable as it’s ever been…I’ll face any guy in a hockey mask over the crushing reality of how little I have presently, any moaning spirit over my broken one, and any blood thirsty vampire over the […]